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The Central Government has taken a big decision to stop the increasing cases of online fraud in the country. The Department of Telecommunications has ordered all telecom companies to stop call forwarding using USSD codes. Under this order, call forwarding service will be stopped in the smartphones of all Indians from April 15, 2024. USSD code is a short code which is dialed to know the phone balance or IMEI number.
Simply put, USSD is a feature that allows you to activate or deactivate a service by dialing any code on your phone, while forwarding calls or messages received on your mobile number to another number through call forwarding service. Can be forwarded to.
Scammers call people and say that they are speaking from a telecom company and there is a network problem on their number, dial a number to get it fixed. This USSD number is for call forwarding. After entering the USSD code all calls and messages are forwarded to the scammer's phone. After this, the scammer can empty your bank account by getting the OTP and can also hack your social media accounts. You can also get a second SIM card in your name by forwarding calls.